Other LanguagesWe believe Washington has the best Lemon Law in the nation. Staff in the Attorney General’s Seattle office celebrated the program's 21st anniversary today with a citrus-themed social featuring lemon tarts, lemonade and a contest to create the best lemon car. In honor of the occasion, we’ve posted a couple of photos and reprinted our parody of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Surrey with the Fringe on the Top,” which first appeared on All Consuming a year ago.
Surrey with a Twist – of Lemon
Sung to the tune of “The Surrey with the Fringe on the Top”
Lyrics by AGO Media Relations Manager Kristin Alexander with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Consumer:
Click and thump and hiss, how I worry
Please start, car, I am in a hurry
Please start, car, I am in a hurry with no time to stop!
Turn the key and hear how it sputters
Drive a mile and feel how it shudders
Plastic taped to the ceiling flutters -- Can’t close the sun top!
The transmission grinds, the engine’s dead
The dashboard lights are all blinkin’
The diagnostic failed, the mechanic said.
So why all the clunkin’ and clinkin’?
Both rear brakes creakin’ and squeakin’
Underneath, something green is a’ leakin’
I am shriekin’ and a’ freakin’ -- think I might blow my top
‘Cause this broken down lemon is always in the shop.
(Skip to final stanza …)
AGO:
Fear not, there’s a fix for your fury
Don’t fret, Lemon Law has the cure-y
Troubles fade with a dose of Lemon-aid, sugar on top
So call toll-free and be happy – citrus is a cash crop!
